Armored Car M1: Just as it sounds, it's an armored car, the most generic of the generic
Crew: Four. Driver, commander, gunner, and an every man. Just a suggestion like always, you didn't NEED to have one person do all three of the spotting, loading, and radio
Speed: 55 mph (89 km/h) on-road
Range: 250 mi (402 km)
Weapons: 0.5 in HMG (12.7 mm) M1921 and 0.3 in (7.62 mm) Browning M1920
Armor: From 0.25 to 0.37 in (6.35 to 9.53 mm)
Cost: 5,000
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M3 Scout Car: Yeah it's just another armored car. Bit better than the M1 armored car so that's something.
Crew: Nine people in total can fit in the car
Speed: 55 mph (89 km/h) road/36 mph (50 km/h) off-road
Range: 400 km at cruise speed
Weapons: M2 50 cal.(12.7 mm) machine-gun and 2xCal.30 M1919A4 machine-guns
Armor: From 6 to 13 mm (0.25-0.51 in)
Cost: 15,000
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Armored Car M8 Greyhound: While it is an armored car it is not to be taken lightly, this is a tank hunter. Not the tank type. It it fast and strong, capable of taking down even some heavy tanks
Crew: Four. Driver, commander/radio, gunner, loader/spotter. Once again just a suggestion, loader/spotter/radio could work as well, commander/loader and commander/spotter also could work.
Speed: 56 mph
Range: 560 km at medium speed (350 mi)
Weapons: Main: 37 mm (1.46 in) M6 QF AT gun
Secondary: cal.50 (12.7 mm) and cal.30 (7.62 mm) Browning M1919
Armor: From 8 to 15 mm (0.31-0.59 in)
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Cost: 25,000
GMC M10 Wolverine: The first real American Tank Hunter! Now that is what America is all about!
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Crew: Four. Driver, commander, gunner, and an every man.
Speed: 32 mph (51 kph)
Range: 186 mi (300 km)
Weapons: 3″ (76.2 mm) Gun M7, 54 rounds and Cal.50 (12.7 mm) Browning M2HB, 300 rounds
Armor: From 0.3 to 2.3 in (9 to 57.2 mm)
Cost: 15,000
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GMC M18 Hellcat: The follow up to the Wolverine, tank hunter
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Crew: Five. Driver, radio/spotter, commander, gunner, and loader. Once again, suggestion. Mix and match all you want
Top speed: 50 mph (80 km/h) road
18 mph (29 km/h) off-road
Range (road): 105/160 mi (160 km at cruising speed)
Weapons: 76 mm (3 in) gun M1A1/M1A1C/M1A2, 45 rounds and Cal.50 (12.7 mm) Browning M2HB, 800 rounds
Armor: From 1 (glacis) to 0.2 in (floor) (25 to 5 mm)
Cost: 25,000
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GMC M36 Jackson: The last Tank Hunter of the Americans
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Crew: Four. Driver, commander, gunner, and an every man. Once again don't HAVE to have an every man, mix and match as you want
Speed (road): 48 km/h (30 mph)
Range: 240 km (150 mi) on flat
Weapons: 90 mm M3 (47 rounds) and cal.50 AA machine gun(1000 rounds)
Armor: 8 mm to 108 mm front (0.31-4.25 in)
Cost: 35,000
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Half Track Car M2: This is the first of one of America's two unique tank lines, this being unit transport! It can hold 7 extra people (Need to hire said people). The extra people can fill in for people who are not able to come/are not able to keep fighting and they can help fix tanks that have only a system damage, like a tread breaking.
Crew: 2 + 7. One gunner/spotter/commander, one driver/radio. No loader needed as it's a MG. Can like always be mixed and matched at will
Speed: 40 mph (63 km/h) road/25 mph (43 km/h) off-road
Range: 320 km (at cruise speed -50 km/h)
Weapons: Browning M2 cal.50 (12.7 mm) and 2xcal.30 (7.62 mm) M1919
Armor: From 6 to 12 mm (0.24-0.47 in)
Cost: 15,000
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Half Track Car M3: Another half track in the line of America's first unique tank lines, this is quite a improvement over the last. Not surprising given it's the only other tank in this line!
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Crew: 3+10. Driver, gunner/commander, and an every man. Can - like always - be mixed and matched at all
Speed: 45 mph (72 km/h) road/28 mph (47 km/h) off-road
Range: 382 km (175 mi)
Weapons: Browning M2 cal.50 (12.7 mm) and 2xcal.30 (7.62 mm) M1919
Armor: From 6 to 12 mm (0.24-0.47 in)
Cost: 25,000
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Heavy Tank M6: The first heavy tank of America, it's the definition of America! Fat and slow but you fuck with it and it'll blast your ass harder than the bombs dropped on nagasaki
Crew: Six. Commander, driver, spotter/radio, loader, gunner. Once again you can mix and match and you don't HAVE to have all 6
Speed: 22 mph (35 km/h) on road
Range: 160 km (100 mi)
Weapons: 75 mm (2.95 in) gun M7, 75 rounds, 2 cal.50 M2Hb (12.7 mm), and 2 cal.30 (7.62 mm) Browning M1919A4
Armor: Turret 83 mm (3.27 in), lower sides 70 mm (2.76 in), upper sides 44 mm (1.73 in)
Cost: 25,000
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M26 Pershing: A bit late to WW2 but this heavy tank finished it, taking the reliable M6's place this thing rolled through Germany's sweet sweet ass.
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Crew: Five. Commander, driver, radio/spotter, gunner, and a loader. Mix and match all you want, just my suggestion
Maximum speed: 22 mph (35 km/h) on road
Range: 160 km (100 mi)
Weapons: 90 mm (2.95 in) gun M3, 70 rounds, 1 cal.50 M2Hb (12.7 mm) 550 rounds, and 2 cal.30 (7.62 mm) M1919A4 5000 rounds
Armor: Glacis front 100 mm (3.94 in), sides 75 mm (2.95 in), turret 76 mm (3 in)
Cost: 35,000
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T26E4 “Super Pershing”: You know how the Pershing was a bit late? Yeah this was pretty god damn late, however it blew the Pershing so far out of the water and so alike to the Pershing they dubbed it "Super Pershing"
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Crew: Four. Commander, driver, gunner, and an every man. Still just a suggestion. Mix and match all you wish
Maximum speed: 22 mph (35 km/h) on road
Range: 160 km (100 mi)
Weapons: T15E1 90 mm tank gun (2.95 in) and 1 Browning .50 cal M2HB (12.7 mm), 2 Browning .30 cal (7.62 mm) MGs
Armor: Glacis front 100 mm (3.94 in), sides 75 mm (2.95 in), turret 76 mm (3 in)
Cost: 45,000
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Light Tank/Combat Car M1: Odd name but this was the first dabble into light tanks for America. It... Worked. Phased out fairly quickly but it did indeed work marginally better than not having a tank
Crew: Four. Commander/radio/spotter, driver, two gunners. Not loader is needed for there is no cannon and two gunners is needed to use both guns at once
Maximum speed: 45 mph (72 km/h) on road
Range: 161 km (100 mi)
Weapons: cal.50 Browning M1920 (12.7 mm) M1 heavy machine-guns and cal.30 (7.62 mm) Browning M1919 machine-guns
Armor: 16 mm (0.63 in) maximum
Cost: 5,000
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Light Tank M2: For a while this was THE light tank, 69(kek)6 was built of them. Does it hold up to other light tanks? Hell no. But it's cheap.
Crew: Four. Commander/loader, driver, radio/spotter, and gunner. As always these can be mixed and matched at will
Maximum speed: 58 mph (36 km/h) on road
Range: 320 km (200 mi)
Weapons: 37 mm (1.46 in) gun M5,103 rounds and 5 x cal.30 (7.62 mm) Browning M1919A4, 8470 rounds
Armor: 6-25 mm (0.24-0.98 in)
Cost: 15,000
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Light Tank M3 Stuart: Remember how I said the M2 was the light tank for a while? Well the M3 took it's place and stayed that way for pretty much ever with about 13,860 tanks built. Now of course this wasn't due to them being strong but just was strong and fast as they needed while still being pretty affordable
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Crew: Four. Has a cannon, so a crew has to at least partically be doing loading
Speed: 58 km/h (36 mph) road/29 km/h (18 mph) off-road
Range: 120 km at medium speed (74.5 mi)
Weapons: 37 mm (1.45 in) M5 or M6 ane 4 cal.30 (7.62 mm) M1919 machine guns
Armor: From 13 to 51 mm (0.52-2 in)
Cost: 25,000
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Light Tank M5 Stuart: The tank that was made to replace the M2's role after the M3 came in. Did it pretty effectively.
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Crew: Four. Commander, driver, gunner, and an every man. Once again only a suggestion you don't have to have an every man.
Speed: 36 mph (58 km/h) on-road/18 mph (29 km/h) off-road
Range: 160 km (99 mi) at medium speed
Weapons: 37 mm (1.46 in) M6 AT gun and 3xcal.30 (7.62 mm) M1919 machine-guns
Armor: From 13 to 51 mm (0.51-2 in)
Cost: 35,000
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Light Tank M24 Chaffee: You know how the M3 and M5 became the pinnacle of light tanks in WW2 for a while? Yeah well this fucked that. The Chaffee was a beast of a light tank.
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Crew: Five. Driver, commander, gunner, loader, spotter/radio operator. Once again just a suggestion, mix and match at will.
Speed (On/Off Road): 34 mph (55 km/h)/25 mph (40 km/h)
Weapons: 75 mm (2.95 in) M6 L/40 gun, 48 rounds, 2x Cal.30-06 (7.62 mm) Browning M1919A4 machine guns, and .50 cal (12.7 mm) Browning M2HB machine gun
Armor Thickness: 15 to 38 mm (0.59-1.5 in)
Cost: 45,000
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LVT-1 Alligator: A tank going through water! You must be a witch! Or you have a unique tank line and this is the first of it! It's... An amphibious landing vehicle. It's kinda like a slow light tank... So just a bad tank...
Crew: 3+24 Commander, driver, spotter/radio. It also can hold a LOT of the extra people. Shocker.
Speed: Top speed land/sea 12/6.1 mph (19/10 km/h)
Top speed land/sea: 12/6.1 mph (19/10 km/h)
Weapons: 2x cal.30 M1919 machine-guns (7.62 mm) and 2x cal.50 M1920 M2 (12.7 mm) heavy machine-guns
Armor: 6-9 mm (0.24-0.35 in)
Cost: 5,000
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LVT-2 Water Buffalo: It's... An improvement?... It's still an APC... (Psst, the next one is better. Trust me)
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Crew: 3+24. Commander/gunner, driver, radio/spotter. Mix and match all you want, can hold a lot of extra people.
Top speed land/sea: 12/7 mph (19/10 km/h)
Range land/sea: 150/50 mi (240/80 km)
Weapons: 2 x cal.50 M2HB (12.7 mm) heavy machine-guns and 2 x cal.30 M1919A4 (7.62 mm) machine-guns
Armor: 6-9 (kek) mm (0.24-0.35 in)
Cost: 15,000
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LVT(A)-1: An off shoot of the Water Buffalo. This is when they said "Hey, why don't we make these actually be useful for fire support?" And then they got this! The first (And only) Amphibious Tank!
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Crew: Six. Driver/radio, commander/spotter, four gunners. No loaders needed because all MGs but oh my god those gunners. Each gunner mssing is one less Browning M1919A4 active until the last one which handles a Browning M1919A4 and the main cannon
Speed: 40/11 km/h (water/land: 25/7 mph)
Range: 201 km
Weapons: 1x 37mm M6 and 4x 0.30in (8 mm) Browning M1919A4
Armor: From 8mm (deck, roof) to 51 mm front (0.3-2 in)
Cost: 20,000
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LVT-3 Bushmaster: And back to the APCs. Hey at least it can still going through water...
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Crew: 3+24. Commander/gunner, driver, and an every man. More room for extra people of course.
Top speed land/sea: 14/7 mph (28/10 km/h)
Range land/sea: 150/50 mi (240/80 km) (No range was given, just using the LVT-2's range)
Weapons: cal.50 M1920 M2 (12.7 mm) machine-gun and 2x cal.30 M1919 (7.62 mm) machine-guns
Armor: 6-9 mm (0.2 – 0.4 in)
Cost: 25,000
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LVT-4 Water Buffalo: The last of the Amphibious APCs. It's really not that great of an improvement...
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Crew: 3+7. Commander/Gunner, driver, and an every man. Room for extra people. Mix and match all you want.
Top speed land/sea: 14/7 mph (28/10 km/h)
Range: 250 miles (75 miles in water)
Weapons: 2x cal.50 M1920 M2 (12.7 mm) machine-gun and 3x cal.30 M1919 (7.62 mm) machine-guns
Armor: 6-14 mm (0.2 – 0.5 in)
Cost: 30,000
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M2 Medium Tank: The first medium tank of America
Crew: Six. Commander/spotter, driver/radio, 4 gunners. No loader needed, MGs. With 7 guns 2 M1919 machine-guns are controlled by 1 gunner until the last gunner who controls the main cannon and one M1919 machine-gun
Speed: 26 mph (42 km/h)
Range: 210 km at medium speed (130 mi)
Weapons: 37 mm (1.46 in) M3 – 200 rounds and 7 cal.30 (7.62 mm) M1919 machine-guns -12,250 rounds
Armor: From 6.4 to 51 mm (0.25-2 in)
Cost: 10,000
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M3 Lee: For a while it was the main medium tank and for good reason, it was far from unreliable. Even used as a recovery vehicle for other tanks.
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Crew: Seven. 2 gunners, spotter/loader, radio/loader, commander, and a driver. 2 gunners are needed as there is two cannons and two machine guns. As such I would suggest two loaders to speed up loading both cannons
Speed: 26 mph (42 km/h) road/16 mph (26 km/h) off-road
Range: 195 km (121 mi) at medium speed (19 mph/30 km/h)
Weapons: 75 mm (2.95 in) M2/M3 in the sponson, 37 mm (1.46 in) M4 in the turret, and 2 cal.30 (7.62 mm) M1919 machine-guns
Armor: From 30 to 51 mm (1.18-2 in)
Cost: 20,000
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M4 Sherman: Known as the "Winner By Numbers" Now this might seem like it's saying "There is a lot built" and you would be right with about 49,234 built however it got that name more for how they where used. Over power the enemy to hell and back with a LOT of Shermans. Sherman became the main battle tank of America.
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Crew: Five. Commander, driver, radio/spotter, gunner, and loader. Once again just my suggestion, mix and match at will to fit your crew.
Maximum speed: 48 km/h (30 mph) on road
Range: 193 km (120 mi)
Weapons: M2 L/32 or M3 L/40 75 mm (2.95 in) with 90 rounds and a Browning M2HB cal.30 M1919 (7.62 mm) machine-guns
Armor: Maximum 76 mm (3 in)
Cost: 30,000
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T23 Medium Tank: The attempted successor to the Sherman. Have 23 tries they made this and... It worked! Too bad the war was ending and those 250 built will end up hardly used. Well hey, give them to school children, they can make a sport out of it!
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Crew: Five. Commander, gunner, loader, driver, spotter/radio. Suggestion again, not law, mix and match to fit your crew.
Speed (road): 56 km/h (35 mph)
Range (road): 160 km (100 mi)
Weapons: .50 cal (12.7 mm) M2 HB machine-gun, 300 rounds and 2x .30 cal (7.62 mm) M1919A4 machine-guns, 5000 rounds
Armor: 12.7-89 mm (0.5-3.5 in)
Cost: 40,000
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(Next and last for now.... Japan!)